"" wrote in alt.algebra.help:>I think you may have misunderstood what the question is asking, so here>is the question verbatim.

Finally!

(When you didn't post the actual question, it is hardly fair to say that Paul or anyone else "may have misunderstood what the question is asking".)

>Let l and m be the lines>( x - 1 )/2 = ( y - 2 )/3 = ( z - 1 )/3>and>( x - 3 )/3 = ( y - 1 )/2 = ( z - 1 )/4>respectively.>(i) Find the equations of planes P and Q that do not intersect, and>have the property that l lies in P and m lies in Q.>(ii) Find the point on Q that is closest to (1, 2, 1), and hence find>the equation of the line l' in Q that is parallel to l.>(iii) Explain why the point of intersection of l' and m is the point on>m that is closest to l, and find this point. Find also the distance>from this point to the point on l closest to it.>>I have calculated the coordinates of all the lines, planes and points